Piaget had intended to study the development of thought processes in children in order to elucidate the inherent mental structures of humans. Rousseau in Geneva and in 1929 became the professor of psychology at the University of Geneva in 1955 he was made director of the International Centre of Genetic Epistemology, Geneva. After two years at the Sorbonne he was appointed director of the Institut J. At fifteen his writings on molluscs were known internationally and at twenty-two he obtained his doctorate from the University of Neuchâtel. Piaget began to observe behaviour patterns at an early age, publishing his observations of an albino sparrow when he was ten years old. His descriptions of the development of perception, reason, and logic changed the current views of children's intelligence and greatly influenced methods of child education, particularly in the USA. Swiss psychologist noted for his studies of thought processes in children and widely regarded as one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century.
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